From: Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] how up to date are the PDF doc files on plan9.bell-labs.com?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 16:40:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <71202A72-3991-4DC5-885C-655C4BB45834@9srv.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201205021719.q42HJUte008018@skeeve.com>
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> Is anyone updating at least the troff versions of the papers? That is,
> if I go with the source, will I get something (more) current?
It varies by paper. Some are updated, some not. The papers on the
compiler suite get some updates, but the 8½ paper not. That paper,
for example, provides a really good view on how one could use the
system principles to construct a window system; the fact that the
current window system is constructed differently doesn't really
change that.
> Well, actually printing is what I had in mind, but maybe I'm being
> too much of a luddite.
Nothing wrong with printing. Having a physical copy of the manual
is invaluable when things go sideways, and reading the papers on
a high-DPI, non-reflective surface is a joy. Since I don't believe
anyone has Plan 9 driving an e-Ink display (anyone? anyone?),
paper does nicely.
> Has anyone tried producing the doc using groff under Linux, or would
> it require a running Plan 9 system to correctly (re)generate everything?
As others have said, I suspect groff will have issues (I have no idea
how to test that locally), but I can confirm that p9p's works as
expected.
Anthony
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-02 20:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-02 13:04 arnold
2012-05-02 14:40 ` Anthony Sorace
2012-05-02 14:49 ` Anthony Sorace
2012-05-02 17:19 ` Aharon Robbins
2012-05-02 17:44 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-02 18:37 ` Taj Khattra
2012-05-02 20:40 ` Anthony Sorace [this message]
2012-05-02 21:01 ` Matthew Veety
2012-05-03 16:54 ` [9fans] how up to date are the PDF doc files onplan9.bell-labs.com? Tristan
2012-05-03 17:45 ` Aharon Robbins
2012-05-03 17:59 ` Brian L. Stuart
2012-05-03 18:15 ` hiro
2012-05-03 21:12 ` Mohamed
2012-05-03 21:40 ` Anthony Sorace
2012-05-02 18:06 [9fans] how up to date are the PDF doc files on plan9.bell-labs.com? arnold
2012-05-02 18:22 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-02 18:48 ` Aharon Robbins
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